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Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said Saturday that immigration enforcement "killed another Minnesota resident," calling it "an execution" and demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection immediately leave the state. Her comments followed the fatal shooting of a man in south Minneapolis during a federal immigration enforcement operation, according to the Department of Homeland Security and local officials. "An individual approached U.S. Border Patrol officers with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun," DHS reported in a statement.

A Minneapolis man who was gunned down during a struggle with federal agents has been identified by local media as Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Sources told the Star Tribune that Pretti was the man killed following an altercation on Saturday involving multiple officers. Minneapolis police identified the deceased as a white, male, 37-year-old US citizen native to the city. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told the Daily Mail that he was armed and had two magazines on him at the time he was detained. The agency later shared a photograph of a nine millimeter semi-automatic handgun which it said was...

Multiple reports have come in showing what appeared to be federal officers shooting a suspect in Minneapolis, a city already at the heart of increased tensions between immigration enforcement and local protestors. According to Bill Melugin of Fox News, an altercation between an unknown person and Border Patrol agents resulted in one of the agents shooting the person. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) also confirmed to Fox News that the person was armed. Melugin also provided an image of the weapon. There is a video of the incident circulating on social media. However, we have chosen not to publish...